Nordic Factory http://www.nordicfactory.com The digital workshop Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:57:40 +0000 en hourly 1 Compact time-line mode http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/compact-time-line-mode/ http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/compact-time-line-mode/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:56:47 +0000 admin http://www.nordicfactory.com/?p=1093 Get a better overview of the banners’ timelines by enabling “Compact timeline” in the View menu. The ideal mode when managing banners containing many assets.

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A newly rolled out feature allows you to zoom the banner canvas via the View menu or by using the keyboard short-cut ctrl +/-. Minimum scale is 25% and maximum 200%. Ideal when fighting large and tiny banner sizes!

]]> http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/zoom-canvas-in-editor/feed/ 0 Stored editor settings between sessions http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/editor-settings-are-now-remembered-on-re-open/ http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/editor-settings-are-now-remembered-on-re-open/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:22:50 +0000 admin http://www.nordicfactory.com/?p=1084 As from today, you’ll find that the editor’s “View” settings are stored between sessions. Hope this function will spare you the trouble of setting these settings over and over.

Please note that currently the settings are stored when the banner is saved.

 

]]> http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/editor-settings-are-now-remembered-on-re-open/feed/ 0 Forced line-breaks using semi-colons http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/forced-line-breaks-using-semi-colons/ http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/forced-line-breaks-using-semi-colons/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:11:02 +0000 admin http://www.nordicfactory.com/?p=1081 Did you know that one can force line-breaks in a banner text by using semi-colons?

]]> http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/forced-line-breaks-using-semi-colons/feed/ 0 Secure browsing on BannerFlow.com http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/secure-browsing-on-bannerflow-com/ http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/secure-browsing-on-bannerflow-com/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:11:24 +0000 admin http://www.nordicfactory.com/?p=1076 The initial .se domain has provided it for a while, but now it’s time to enable secure browsing over SSL/TLS on the BannerFlow.com domain. All data, such as passwords etc, transferred between your browser and the BannerFlow application are now encrypted.

Enjoy secure banner production on:
https://www.bannerflow.com

Please note that soon all traffic will be auto-redirected to the https protocol.

/ The BannerFlow team

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What’s a ticket and why using it?
Tickets are covered in this blog post.

How do I file a ticket?
Submit tickets on this page  – requires login.

How do I track a ticket?
Track tickets on this page - requires login.

Thank you!

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Tip of the day; keep track of the fall-back image’s file-size right from the preview window in the banner editor. Hover the image and the file-size will be visible on top of the image.

Preview fall-back image by clicking “Fall-back” and “Preview” in the editor’s menu. Or by using keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

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What’s a live-updating ad?
Live-updating ads are update with fresh data while they are displayed to the user. No page refreshes are required to see odds, football scores or flight ticket prices change in the ad.

How does it work?
On the specified update interval the ad will request new data from BannerFlow. BannerFlow is sub-sequently pulling fresh data from the original feed source in the defined interval. So, instead of thousands of requests hitting your feed source constantly, there will only be one every 15 second or less performed by BannerFlow.

What’s new?
As you might know, BannerFlow has already supported ads with live-updated content quite some time – so what’s new?

  • Natively built in to BannerFlow. All features that you have seen in regular feed ads can now be used in live update mode, too. Match priorities, filters, time-zone and currency conversions – you name it.
  • Our servers delivers the feed data to the ads, meaning that your original feed source is totally protected from all traffic generated by the ad impressions. This means that any 3rd party or internal feed servers you might use today can be cut off.
  • The live-updating ads are lower in file-size and less CPU intensive when parsing the data with the entire feed logic being rewritten and optimized.
  • And as before; no programming required. Simply enter the URL to the XML source, select the values to import with a few clicks and choose the desired update interval. In the banner editor, select a text field or button and connect it to one of the feed values that was imported earlier.

What makes this feature unique?

  • Manage your feeds and ads entirely through a user-friendly web interface
  • No programming required when setting up feed nor using it in ads
  • Apply match priorities, filters, time-zone and currency conversions
  • Let country managers control what events and messages to show in real-time
  • No need to administrate any in-house feed servers
  • Set update frequencies from 15 seconds and up
  • Guaranteed up-time through SLA
  • Scalable service based on load-balancers to handle peak traffic
  • Speedy data delivery made possible by only transferring data that is displayed
  • Feeds are available for external use in other applications or projects

How to get started?
Contact support@bannerflow.com to activate this feature and learn more.

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A while ago we soft launched a new way of managing support errands in BannerFlow. The concept is that whenever you have a BannerFlow related question, comment or request – submit a ticket on this page. Set an optional deadline, attach documents or images and more importantly, set the priority.

When the ticket is submitted both you and us will receive a confirmation email with the ticket details. We assign the ticket to the team-members that is most suitable for the task.
They will follow up on the matter as soon as possible. All your pending and ongoing tickets are visible on the tickets overview page. When a ticket is resolved, simply mark the ticket as resolved and it will be dimmed.

We are confident that this procedure will improve both speed, estimates and accuracy when processing your requests and questions.

Please go ahead and file tickets! ;)

/ BannerFlow team

]]> http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/start-submitting-tickets/feed/ 0 Article in Star Tribune, Minnesota http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/article-in-star-tribune-minnesota/ http://www.nordicfactory.com/products/bannerflow/article-in-star-tribune-minnesota/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:11:47 +0000 admin http://www.nordicfactory.com/?p=1040 Here’s a recently published article on the acquisition of BannerFlow.com:
http://www.startribune.com/blogs/137038918.html

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